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Sure, it's called The Fallocaust Series. Just warning, it's pretty brutal, like every trigger warning you can think of is in the series lol. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IGV5BCC Here is the amazon link for book 1 and it's free on Kindle Unlimited too.

Found the weather from there while they were there, seems relatively mild:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/chilco-lake-1/v0l/november-weather/3381708?year=2020

Day 50 was Nov 5 if editing is correct.

https://www.amazon.com/Toparchery-Otter-Hide-String-Silencer/dp/B01ESM0SK2

In addition to what other people were saying, it’s not just noise but vibration. Makes it more comfortable on your hand holding the bow and in theory extends the life of the string. Considering they probably don’t get to bring spare strings or string wax or anything, it’s probably a little insurance.

I had one. Ran into some burrs. Had to toss it out.

you can only stream it if you have an actual cable provider. you cannot stream it if you use something like youtube tv. I wound up buying season 7 on amazon for like $7, but it's not on sale anymore.

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https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Season-7/dp/B08B1VH3SX

Here is a coffee table book of the shelters along the AT

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https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Trail-Backcountry-Shelters-Lean-Tos/dp/0847867722/ref=asc_df_0847867722/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=416678665155&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11931922411178471261&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023907&hvtargid=pla-901693927104&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=94182732216&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=416678665155&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11931922411178471261&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023907&hvtargid=pla-901693927104

https://www.amazon.com/Making-The-Cut-Season-3/dp/B01N6EQVN6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483743642&sr=8-2&keywords=alone+tv

If you don't mind paying $9.00 you can stream season 3 on Amazon video.

I used philo, signed up for a free trial cancelled before the end so I didn't get billed.

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This is a really good source for any show you're trying to find in streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/search?q=alone

It doesn't include all of the services since there's 10 news ones every week but it checks the major ones.

I highly recommend The Last Alaskans if you haven’t already seen it.

Links for available platforms.

If you're okay with paying a little bit there's Amazon video for all of Season 3.

https://www.amazon.com/Making-The-Cut-Season-3/dp/B01N4BV748/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483144884&sr=8-2&keywords=alone+tv

> though as the terrain they are moving through plus the equipment they carry makes it very anaerobic instead of aerobic. It's also varied enough that adaptation will be limited, compared to say walking across a desert floor.

I think the Hadza go through some pretty rough terrain as well, I've read a good first hand account of the hadza (https://www.amazon.com/Language-Land-Living-Stone-Age-People/dp/0312284365) so I know their hunting is no joke, it's hilly and forested and rocky and bushy etc. it's not all desert. Valid point with the camera gear, contestants have to carry though.

I think a contestant being used to walking 5+ miles a day with some gear before they start the show, is plausible though.

I just found the study interesting and it made me think of the show.

Amazon has this as a free Kindle ebook

I too thought it was awesome and did a deep dive thru the net to find similar garments.

It's called a baha shirt. Here's an example.

I am also fascinated by shemaghs which I've seen at least one contestant wearing.

Here it is on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Before-The-Freeze/dp/B0B625L868/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2NYC7KIZ6JIK1&keywords=alone+frozen+history&qid=1659477673&sprefix=alone+frozen+history%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-3

I'll unapologetically plug my book THRIVE (amazon.com/dp/1777283809) here, just because I believe it is the best resource in a one-book format for exactly what you asked. It will provide some guidance as you improve your skills as well as give tips for gear selection and preparation. I think even the most experienced people out there will find some great info.

I remember speculation that someone's buttons could double as a fire starter, like these ones

I think the contestant also had a ferro rod, so this would be minimal advantage to them unless they lost it. If you brought the buttons without a rod, then you'd have to pretend to go to the effort of lighting a fire. And then somehow fake lighting it, without suspicious filming gaps.

I believe you're right!

It's pricey ($218 on Amazon) but looks pretty handy.

Looks like you could compare it here, using the Yellowknife station readings like 90 miles west, also right on the lake though in a long inlet:

https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/ca/yellowknife/CYZF/date/2019-12

Check it month by month in 2018 when S6 was filmed, and then the same in 2019 when S7 was filmed.

Looks like the coldest of S7 kicked off in the first week December, got crazy bad down to -45F (and I presume this doesn't include wind chill) on December 18, with a a monthly average low of -22F and a monthly average temp of -15F. There was actually a bit of a reprieve toward the end, starting on December 19 and warming up to a balmy -5F low by Christmas.

And S6 would have ended a minimum of 23 days earlier (though they also apparently started earlier in September so even more than 23 days).

So I don't know what day they wrapped in Nov 2018, but the coldest low that month was -15F on Nov 16. and an average monthly low of +3.6F. And the average monthly temp was +8.5F. And it was warmer in October of that year. So that's the worst the later people in S6 would have experienced.

In November the next year, the coldest low was -18F and the average low was +2.6. The average monthly temp was +9.7F. So that's pretty similar. The most brutal cold didn't hit until early December 2019 and lasted until mid-month and started warming a bit.

I recently discovered "The Island with Bear Grylls" (UK). The first 4 seasons are on Amazon Prime Video. Bear drops of a group of ordinary people on an island with 1-2 days of survival training and nothing more than a few basic tools and a day's worth of water and returns 4-6 weeks later to pick them up. They film everything themselves and the group does include 2-3 camera operators, but they are just as much part of the group as anybody else and one person in a medical profession to handle anything that might come up (a full medical/producer team is located on another island and can be reached by phone/radio if needed).

I watched the end of season 7 on a trial of Philo, there's a bunch of these type services out there also the normal ones here:

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https://www.justwatch.com/us/search?q=alone

This one is very similar if you don't want to spend that much. but the ear flaps fold outside with a snap instead of inside.

https://www.amazon.com/Wool-Fleece-Winter-Working-Flap/dp/B00NLH38XU/ref=pd_sbs_193_11?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=Z4T7V0NP8WQKNAR9HFQB&th=1&psc=1

I think season 1-2 (3?) are available of history channel web/app.

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I found this cool site a while back that tracks where things are playing....seems to be pretty accurate: https://www.justwatch.com/us/search?q=alone

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I think the current breakup is 1-2 prime, 3-5 Hulu, 6 netflix

Looking at a 175 foot package on Amazon , it says the item weight is 9.6 ounces. So you could buy 3 packs and be below the 2 pound. That’d be 525 feet.

You can stream it off the public channel website. It is called “Alene I Vildmarken”. It is however geoblocked and only streamable within Denmark. So you need to VPN in to a danish ip. I use Private Internet Access when I’m abroad.

Great book!

Another favorite of mine when I was a kid was "My Side of the Mountain" about a teenager named Sam Gribley who ran away to live off of the land in the Catskill mountains in NY state. I read that book over and over until the cover practically fell off.

(Also loved "Fire Hunter" by Jim Kjelgaard about a prehistoric teenager who gets exiled from his tribe and survives by his wits and resourcefulness.)

Just integrate it into 'comfort camping'. You don't have to sleep on dirt to learn bush skills. :)

Just bring something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-101-Field-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1440579776/

And do various projects. Make a shelter that protects from the elements, improvised fishing rod, etc. A competition to start a fire with a ferrot rod is a blast because it gives people fits.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the input, and in a pinch I'd go with it also, especially in your described situation where you got picked and needed gear ASAP (BTW, congrats on your win). But having the skills to make your own equipment, including clothing, tools, etc, is one of the basic tenants of Bushcraft. The person that can figure out how to make their own would be better off, and for Quality, making your own would (in some cases, those not cutting corners), may lead to very good/top quality also, maybe even improvements like custom pockets for their EDC items, Liners, using Fire cord for the adjustment cordage and Ferrous bars for the cord locks, etc...

1. Ferro rod - 5/8" thick with handle and dummy cord

2. Big Knife - Busse Battlemistress.

3. Large pruning saw - Silky Katana 500 or the like.

4. Fishing kit (50y 30lb test, 250y 150lb test) - The bulk of my cordage, handlines for fishing use salvaged bouy for a yo-yo reel.

5. 16" pan - lol, 2.5 gallons if my math is right. Also could kill a bear with it. They make a 22" one too, but that's just excessive.

6. Sleeping bag (-20 synthetic, rectangular for comfort)

7. Pemmican (80% fat) - rather than a proper pemmican, think of something more like suet thats used mostly to cook and stretch foraged foods.

8. Pemmican (80% fat) - 10lbs is at least 30k calories. That's 30 full days at minimum 1k calories a day.

9. Hammock - Net style ala Justin. Cordage and two lobster/fish pots. Though it would be hard to not use it inside of the sleeping bag, with the bag being used more as an underquilt.

10. Tarp - I want a kayak too.

I'm not sure if you've ever used one of those, but they're REALLY noisy and they tear easier. a more expensive, but much better choice is one of these. http://www.amazon.com/Grabber-127006-P-All-Weather-Blanket/dp/B00PUHY3TC